Expected year of reaching the EU target, based on the average annual reductions over the

Road Safety Target Characteristics • Achievable and not symbolic • Ambitious but realistic, • accompanied by well-design and funded safety program designed to realize them, • Have a stringent political supported to obtain the required level of funding and any other needed resources

Western Asia Countries: ESCWA United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Accident Data System • Police is the main source of information • Police is the only source of information in Bahrain and Jordan • There are three sources of information in Egypt (police, Health, Ministry of Transport) • Non-visualized data base exists in the three selected countries • There is on going projects to develop GIS based system

Road Engineering • The implementation of Road safety Audit is limited in the selected countries. • Bahrain started to conduct road safety audits for road projects • Road safety inspection is conducted on some roads in Jordan • Hazardous site and identification program require accident database that define those sites with high crash records, which is not always available

Driver education and licensing • Driver should receive theoretical and practical training. • Driving test consists of theoretical and practical parts. • Automated theoretical test is in place in Jordan • Driver license is renewed every 5 years in Bahrain and 10 years in Egypt and Jordan

Legislation and Enforcement • New traffic laws were issued in Jordan and Egypt in 2008 • The point system is applied in Jordan • Traffic fine levels in Bahrain is low compared to other countries • Automated surveillance is applied in the selected countries and there are plan to expand its use. • Automated traffic violation issuing is recently introduced in Jordan.

Traffic safety Education and Awareness • There is no separate/ compulsory traffic safety curriculum in school or university. • Safety concepts are integrated within other subjects • Elective course in Bahrain high school is given. • One elective course is also given only in one university in Jordan • Traffic police plays a very important role in traffic awareness and education in all countries • Non- governmental organizations plays significant role in traffic safety education in Jordan. • Limited private sector initiatives are made in Egypt

Road Safety Management in the selected countries Bahrain Egypt Jordan Leading agency Technical committee for the implementation of national traffic Safety structure is approved National Council for Traffic Safety proposed, approved and in action Road traffic safety Strategy Developer Traffic Safety Strategy National Road Safety Executive Program , Research Center for Technological Development and Planning in Cairo Universities, Higher Council for Road safety structure is proposed, currently there is a national committee addresses traffic safety Proposed National Traffic Safety Plan Inter-Ministerial Committee Transport Research Laboratory (UK) for Ministry of Work and Housing-Kingdom of Bahrain

…Road Safety Management in the selected countries Bahrain Safety Target Egypt Jordan 30% (3% per year) Qualitative target to Improve road safety on roads 30% (6% per year) Number of fatalities (175) Number of fatalities (4215) Number of serious casualties (1130) Number of serious casualties Reduction in fatal accidents (159) Reduction in Serious accidents (941) Base year 2006 Year of target realization Endorsed Traffic management plan 2016 Yes from the Cabinet subjected to some changes during the implementation and pending for securing funding Starting year of 2007 Implementation Five years from the starting 2012 year Yes and distribute to all Not yet related universities to take actions

Comments on Road safety managements & targets • The selected countries mainly defined outcome final target. • The proposed strategy in Egypt does not address passenger safety, although they are at highest risk in the country. • No safety indicators have been defined in any country that would help in monitoring the progress made in the implementation • Egypt adopt more qualitative target that is hard to be monitored • Cost –benefit analysis was made only in Bahrain, which gives more credibility to the plan • The cost estimate of intervention in Egypt is low.